People in Malaysia think Muay Thai is violent and create violent society. People in Malaysia think Muay Thai should not be practiced in Malaysia because they come from Thailand (I wonder where does golf come from but it is played here).
Sponsors think Muay Thai fans have no buying power because this sport is only watched by the villagers. Sponsors think Muay Thai fans only available in Thailand. Sponsors think Muay Thai only attract “low class” people but one thing for sure, whoever thinks that way, obviously they have never been to a Muay Thai tournament, they judge Muay Thai only from one angle and that is from NEGATIVE angle point of view.This year, I had the opportunity to go to three events.
The first one was a national level martial art competition held in Kulim. They rented a BIG hall as the venue. And guess what, the number of spectators were around 200 people….and one thing I must tell you, the entrance is free (obviously because the participants are amature, so the organizer don’t have to pay any cash prize money and also…THEY HAVE BIG SPONSORSHIP).The second one was another finale of another martial competition, despite big budget allocated and presence of the minister … the number of contestant outnumbered the audience.The third one was only last weekend.
It was a promotion held in Kulim by a GIANT telco company. When I arrived at the venue, they had about 5 small canopies and 1 BIG canopy with a estimated number of 50 staffs. The best thing was, only four people or I would rather say four potential customers at the venue and one of them was me.I asked one of the staffs, “How much do u spend for this promotion event?” and he replied around 5 – 6 thousand Malaysia Ringgit. And I said to him that I can guarantee a minimum number of 2,000 people will come and visit their promotion with that amount of budget.
He smiled and asked me how am I going to do that. Well, I said to him its simple….”I just bring in my boxing ring and provide local pro Muay Thai fighters to fight at your promotion venue and its free for public to watch, I can guarantee you, you will need the traffic police to control the traffic flows”.
To my surprised, he commented that they might not get the right crowd for their products and services. I asked him again, have u ever watched a Muay Thai fight in Malaysia? He just kept quiet….and again I felt a bit disappointed with the way people judge Muay Thai in Malaysia. Majority don’t realize that Muay Thai fights in Malaysia attract all level of people…just name the kind of people and they are there.
School children, university students, teachers, engineers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, expatriates, c.e.o.s….just name it. But of course, in order for you to have this large number of crowd, proper marketing and promoting plan must be implemented. And why do Muay Thai fights attract people? Simple because they are real and the fight is full of spectacular action.
Daniel Mashamaite, a boxer from South Africa fought four times in Malaysia. During his last fight in Malaysia he said I surely have big sponsorship in my pocket because I organize a lot of tournaments in a year and there are always big crowd watching. He was surprised when I said that for Kedah International Muay Thai Championship the sponsorship amount that I managed to get after begging was not more than 30,000 Malaysia Ringgit when I have more than 4,000 paid crowd and 1,000 free passes (the audience paid 13 ringgit ticket…you don’t have to calculate how much we made, because how much do u think is the cost to organize an international event? ).
Just imagine how many people can I attract if the entrance is FREE…but if I were to do that, who is going to pay for the cost of organizing?Sponsors will surely get maximum mileage if they sponsor Muay Thai event, that I can guarantee. Sponsor will not only get return in terms of branding mileage, they can even generate cash sales in return by sponsoring Muay Thai event, that I can also guarantee 100 % (but sorry guys, cant tell you the method…well, I can tell you how but I am afraid I have to kill you after that ) . The problem is, most of the decision maker, turn down our proposal just because he or she doesn’t like Muay Thai (or maybe our proposal is not convincing….hmmm…I will improve on that).
A conversation I had with an officer of a State Government owned company….she said they are unable to sponsor Muay Thai event because Muay Thai is not related to their company but she also said “but we can sponsor GOLF” … huh ??? is golf related to a state government company when the company’s activity circling around the development of the state?
Well, I guess they sponsor golf because their bosses play golf .. poor you Muay Thai. BOXX is going to operate a Muay Thai centre soon. We are targeting school children to participate and we plan to charge them between 2 – 5 malaysia ringgit a month (in order to cover the operational cost … don’t laugh, ok). I am expecting the majority of the school children who turn up will be the kind of “aggressive children”. The non aggressive might choose piano class instead (maybe these aggressive boys” will go to piano class too…will they?). When these aggressive children turn up for training at .. let say 5 pm .. they will not straight away start punching and kicking.
We are gong to organize a 15 minutes informal classes on anti smoking, anti drug, anti crime and all those positive classes. The speakers will come from various related government agencies ( I hope they support this effort). The speakers will sit among these boys and tell them stories about the bad thing about smoking, drug etc… (they will run away if we conduct the class in a formal way, that’s for sure because I would run away too). We might even get an ex drug addict to relate his experience to there boys. These classes will be conducted from time to time.
My prediction is, after few years, these boys will still be “aggressive boys” because the aggressiveness is already in them but they will be equipped with knowledge. We hope to instill positive values in these boys through Muay Thai training and all those classes.What I am trying to say is…. YOU CAN USE MUAY THAI AS A TOOL TO CREATE A GOOD CITIZEN…GOOD PEOPLE. Only if you are not negative towards it (because I don’t think the boys will attend just an anti smoking or anti drug classes).
No matter what, no matter how big the obstacle is, we will never surrender. We, with the support from all of you with continue with our struggle to position Muay Thai to where it should be …
Last but not least, I would like to thank everybody who has been supporting Muay Thai activities in Malaysia and please continue visiting this blog because it is also a prove that Muay Thai has big fans all around the world.
Written by Mr Zahari Ahmad Razali
44 comments:
Yay Pokku. Bila bernard ko nak lawan pulak??? Aku respect jugak budak lawan pokku tu boleh bangun balik lepas kena belas. Event yang bagus boxx cuma ada delay masa nak bagi hadiah tu.
Peminat Kuda Merah
kalau tak silap steven ni belum pernah masuk apa-apa pertandingan tomoi kan?tahniah kerana berani mencuba walaupon kalah
next i hope it will be bernard vs one of the boxx member.
mengarut la iddi kalah.. point mmg byak kat iddi.. perlawanan iddi memang menghiburkan.. iddi tetap menang pada malam tadi..
-peminat iddi sg dua.
I never expect Barbod to be beaten this way by Karim Geliga Merah due to Barbod's height and reach advantage. This goes to prove that height and reach doesn't always translate to a win in In Muay Thai. Skill, fitness, bervity and ability to absorb what the opponent throws at you are important too.
Hopefully the crowd will be bigger tonight as the draw are as great as last nights draw. The fight between Aik Salsaloon and Che Pol of M-150 is a fight I would love to watch as they are evenly matched. I will go for Aik.
barbod win or lose?
people, perkiraan tomoi bukan macam bola, 1-0,2-0 ..it very technical. I read somebody wrote in his blog how they calculate the points. I may not know much about Muay Thai, but I know all the jury, I try to learn the point system, it's very complicated.MT adalah satu seni and perkiraannya juga banyak mengikut seni persembahan.
We may not aggree with the result, tapi 'it's not the end of the world'
Kata jury, blame the cornerman, their job bukan cuma lap peluh, they must be technical x'pert, they must know the system.
Pak Zawi, I knew Karim will win. It's just like Firdaus lawan Stevan.
If they meet a REAL Muay Thai fighters, their xperience in other martial art count nothing.
But for barbod, he was happy with his fight that night,now I like the way he fight ..
aku nak tengok bernad lawan tengku..
hi
but i think even karim was not match with barbod,with 100+++ fight he got beaten 3rounds and then just an elblow,doesnot mean he beat barbod!!!i'd just say his experience came up to save him before he get knock down by barbod again..
hey people see the quality and encourage it,otherwise u won't see such good fights and fighter from our malaysian side,....
cheers
Eh En.boxxtomoi, siapa yang menang tu?karim ke barbod?En hanya tulis tko4th round sana tapi tak tulis siapa menang.
Tengku gerenti menang lawan benard. Aku rasa ko round 2. Bemard gerenti tak boleh tahan penyepak pokku
yg lawaknya boxxwarrior pilih lawan yang lembik2...sebab nak bagi talipinggang tu kat budak boxx. ingat si budak itali tu lembik la....tgk dia menang menang aku tak sangka. Tak pa lepas ni kita cari sama2 budak mat saleh yg nipih2. pasti menang punyalah. cayalahhh boxxwarrior! u all memang warrior!
realfan :
cuma 2 belt jadi rebutan, budak italy itu tak lawan belt. Beliau menuntut muay thai sepenuh masa di thailand dan pernah bertandig di S1singapore. Fauzan Boxxwarrior cuma lawan 5 kali sementara lawannya mempunya lebih banyak pengalaman.Fauzan adalah pelajar sepenuhmasa dan cuma jalani latihan bila cuti.
Terima kasih kerana menonton pertandingan boxx event.
REALFAN... kau igt budak itali tu lembik ke? budak itali tu training sepenuh masa kat thailand.. fauzan lak siang belajar kat politeknik, bila ada masa baru la gi training.. fauzan rekod baru 5 kali lawan alahai fauzan ape sgt la pengalaman
realfan, ko ni mmg always think nagative la.. ceruk mana la ko duduk.. relex la.. klu semua org mcm ko ni kan mmg x maju la negara..
Realfan, kau lagi warrior. Sebab kau tak berani kenalkan nama kau yang sebenar kan.
LOL @ realfan. it really shows which camp you came from - the Igfnorant camp :D
oooo realfan ni shauqie rupanya.. aku tak belajar tomoi, just minat je dan aku beli tiket rm15.. tak boring lak aku datang jauh2 dari pahang..
kau ni buat malu org pahang la.. koi malu la dgn ko ni shauqie. koi tgk game tak lah boring.. memang tak percaya opponent chaowalit boxxworrior tu hebat tapi boleh kalah 2nd round..
caya lah orang jengka, apa result tomoi 6hb. kat jenka ari tu!
Hammid datang dari terengganu, dia pernah bayar RM250 untuk event kat Shah Alam.
Nick y, come all the way from JB, bukan saja datang tengok siap tolong jadi crew aku.
Dan aku tahu ramai lagi yang datang dari seluruh pelesok negara.
Yang lawan title belt cuma chaowalit dan akhbar. Kalau persembahan kami boring bagi saudara, maaf saya tak tahu nak kata apa lagi.
Maybe selera saudara tinggi, tapi kalau selera tinggi kena bayar harga tinggi juga.
Terima kaih kerana berbelanja RM25 untuk kami, wow RM25 !!Maaf , kalau kat kampong saudara memang lah besar RM25... tapi kita main kat KL.Disini cuma kentut saja free ..yang lain semua kena bayar.
Lain kali kami buat lagi hebat!
shauqie kau memang memalukan orang pahang lah. Patut lah kita tak ada juara terbilang, belagak lebih,sumbangan kurang.Malu,malu orang pahang!
Boxx, aku minta maaf , tapi budak ni tak wakili orang pahang.
Saya teringin juga event sebegini di buat di Kuantan, sokongan pasti hebat, lebih hebat dari KL.
realfan/shauqie aku tau la kau ni peminat malaysian tiger.. tapi bab ko perlekehkan opponent fauzan konon lembik memang aku hangin la dengan kau ni. kalau dah boxx yg buat event lantak dialah nak kasi opponent peninju dia. bukan kau yang sponsor..lagipon fauzan baru 5 kali lawan pengalaman tak banyak elok la lawan dengan org sama taraf dia dulu yang opponent baru. kasi dia tingkatkan diri sikit2..
maybe shauqie ni baru lagi tgk muay thai dan dia pon kata dia x belajar n maybe tau sikit2 je tentang muay thai ni.. dan aku rasa selera dia maybe mcm WWF kot, coz terlalu terpengaruh dgn WWF.. anyway, event hari tu mmg best!berbaloi rm25 aku..!
salam utk semua, utk makluman boxx sy dari jengka telah selesai acara tomoi di balora bdr jengka mlm tadi. 4 malam acara diadakan. Kebanyakan adalah baru masuk gelanggang kecuali boxer dr kelab jaya gading dan kelab kayu kelat( wakili kg Bera/Purun.
Ada jumpa karim mlm tadi sbb dia bersama ahli kelab kayu kelat lawan mlm tadi dgn azman salok,maran. Jadi kecoh sbb azman salok tu dgn lakunannya menybbkan jurulatih kayu kelat bergaduh dgn jurulatih azman kat luar dewan, nasib baik tak merebak, kalu tak mungkin permit utk acara akan dtg melepas. Sy ada sembang dgn karim geliga merah ttg event dia dgn barbod.
Utk boxx sy tak pandai nak ulas ttg acara di jengka, tapi sy cuba hantar CD utk boxx kalu dpt. Sekadar tontonan boxx para peninju sekitar pahang ni.
Utk makluman dikuantan pd 13-17 Feb kejohanan tomoi akan diadakan di Indera PUra, kawan boxx dijemput hadir melihat peninju dikuantan.
Ok jumpa lagi
Mat Jengka.
terima kasih mat jengka, bunyi macam menarik sahaja. Yang jemput kami ni siapa ya, setahu saya nama mat jengka ini ada 335 orang! saudara boleh email terus ke saya pada :
boxxtomoi@gmail.com
terima kasih
heyy shauqi...boxxwarrior punya fighter hebat2 belaka?...ye ke tak tau pulak aku.
aku malu jadi orang malaysia yg menyokong peninju asing. bangga giler bila chawolit berlatih dgn boxxwarrior.
yg si anonymous ni pun satu...ko tak patut kata orang pahang malu. patutnya ko malu bila orang kita naik gelanggang mengagungkan orang asing. korang patut malu bila mengagung angunkan org asing.
bodoh piang, nama kejohanan ini ialah TM-WMC KL INTERNATIONAL MUAY THAI CHALLENGE.
kALAU NAK TENGOK SEMUA LOCAL PI LA TENGOK DI JENGKA KE, KE JELI KE, BALING KE..
lantak ah aku nak sokong sape.. kalau sukan sea ke asia ke team malaysia lwn thailand sokong la malaysia.. ini just lebih pada event yg dtg dari kelab.kalau peminat tu dtg dari kelab tu lantak dia lah nak sokong kelab dia.
jom sokong bola manchester united bila dtg malaysia nanti mcm chelsea dulu..
boxxlost
aku pon malu bila org sokong chelsea, liverpool, manchester united, formula 1 ferrari, renault, peninju mike tyson, velintino rossi, mike doohan,
kalau berlatih kat malaysia semua tu ok la jugak..
utamakan bahasa melayu, BAHASA KEBANGSAAN!!
aik boxxlost kata utamakan bahasa kebangsaan tapi guna id english.. post kau pon ada guna bahasa english gak
boxxlost2...aku suruh ko guna bahasa MELAYU la sebab dalam blog ni pun banyak yg tulis bahasa Ingerris lintang pukang. baiklah tulis dalam bahasa Melayu kalau dah tulis broken english.
engkau lah yang suka melagakan orang ye shauqie..gambar engkau aku dah nampak, aku dah save gambar engkau pun. tempat engkau aky u dah tahu kat mana. siapla engkau. jgn sampai aku jumpa engkau. orang macam engkau yang suka melagakan orang ni patut kena ajar. orang macam engkau ni yang buat orang lain bergaduh. aku cari engkau, nama engkau pun dah ada..jangan sampai aku jumpa engkau
boxxlost tu bodoh, dah la bodoh xnak blajar bahasa english lak tu!
dah la bodoh, sibok nak membetulkan org! betulkan diri sendiri dulu la..
hai realfan@shauqie1957@moderator bernard radin.com... ape khabar?
to realfan@shauqie1957 webmaster bernardradin.com,
kau kata
"yg lawaknya boxxwarrior pilih lawan yang lembik2...sebab nak bagi talipinggang tu kat budak boxx. ingat si budak itali tu lembik la..."
"deii...aku belajar muaythai pun tak pernah... "
ye ke tak pernah? nak menipu ke?
"tapi betul la maaf la ni bukan aku sorang jer cakap....tapi geng2 aku dari pahang yg datang ni pun cakap bila boxxevent lawan talipingang fighter opponent dia mesti badan cam lembik. itu jee no offence la"
"next time kalau nak test fighter cari yg hebat skit ok. quite boring...tak berbalui rasanya aku belik tiket rm25."
banyak ke kau guna id lain menyamar dlm ni? teruskan la propaganda kau nak memperlekehkan boxx..
p/s 45Fights, 40 Wins,32 knockouts (KO), 5 Losses.
ini rekod bernad dlm muay thai yg berjaya menumbangkan KO lawan sebanyak 32... boleh tak saudara bagi aku list dlm 15 lawan yg telah ditumbangkan KO dan tarikh bila lawan dan tmpt mana lawan..
boxxlost say "boxxlost2...aku suruh ko guna bahasa MELAYU la sebab dalam blog ni pun banyak yg tulis bahasa Ingerris lintang pukang. baiklah tulis dalam bahasa Melayu kalau dah tulis broken english."
eja "bahasa ingerris" pon tak betul ke?
paku dulang kayu serpih, kata org dia yg lebih..
"bahasa Ingerris" ? buat malu MMU jelah kau ni
boxxlost kau suruh org guna bahasa melayu sebab blog ni banyak guna "bahasa ingerris" lintang pukang,lepas tu kau kata baik guna bahasa melayu kalau dah tulis broken english...
kau sendiri pon sama guna bahasa english.. dan paling lawak bahasa english kau dan bahasa melayu kau pon lintang pukang tak payah la nak sound org..
cth:-
"aku malu jadi orang malaysia yg menyokong peninju asing. bangga giler bila chawolit berlatih dgn boxxwarrior." (giler? gila la bro)
"korang patut malu bila mengagung angunkan org asing" (mengagung angunkan? dah agung lps tu nak angunkan apa nya? mengagung-agungkan la)
"xxwarrior kalah. kesain orang malaysia yg menyokong peninju iran nih hahah." (kesain? kau nak sain apa? pergi la minta sain kat cikgu)
realfan@shauqie@boxxlost@webmaster benard radin.com
aku tanya kau ni boleh ke kau listkan dlm 15 peninju tomoi yg telah dikalahkan KO oleh benard? bg sekali tarikh dan tmpt lawan skali.. kalau rekod tekwando aku taknak ok..aku nak buat research pasal contender asia season 2 ni.
kelakar la korang semua nih...
kalah nabil raja lawak :)
thanks for making me smile today, after reading all this comment posts :)
cheers!
setahu saya, semasa Ultimate Warrior'07, Bernard dah KO 6 opponents.
9 fights, 6 KOs...that's really something, especially for someone in his late 30s.
oooo KO kan bebudak baru dlm acara ultimate warrior.. ingatkan bertanding dlm perlawanan sebenar tomoi. kira tekwando, kickboxing masuk list la ya dlm rekod tomoi tu? ok ok...nanti bg lg maklumat lanjut. baru dpt 6 ni.
-pencari maklumat peserta contender asia, singapore
karim geliga merah rock!serious...dude im a good friend to karim for sometime i came visted him at the gym...all he do is sleep eat,watch movie and monitor student hahaha x tipu serious...main pad tu ade la skit2 mcm 2 kali b4 fight lol....at 1st we wasn't expected him to win...because lack of training...but he prove to us...traning is just part of it but the main part is your guts and your spirit that burn it....he is a respectfull person....love karim & pokku forever!!
Post a Comment